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AME LAWS 



OF THE 



STATE OF ARKANSAS 



IN FORCE AUGUST 12, 1911 



ISSUED BY 

EARLE W. HODGES 
Secretary of State 






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GAME LAWS 

OF 

ARKANSAS 



IN FORCE AUGUST 12, 1911 



FISH AND GAME. 

Skc. 3598. All game and fish, except fish 
in private ponds, found in the limits of this 
State, are declared to be property of the State, 
and the hunting, killing and catching of same 
is declared to be a privilege. — Act April 14, 
1893. 

Skc. 3599. It shall be unlawful for any per- 
son who is a nonresident of the State of Ark- 
ansas, to shoot, hunt, fish, or trap at any sea- 
son of the year. Provided, that nonresidents 
may fish with a hook and line in Spring River 
in the Northern District of Sharp and Fulton 
Counties, State of Arkansas. — Act April 13, 
T905. 

FISH. 

Skc. 3600. No person shall be allowed to 
place, erect, or cause to be placed or erected, 
or maintained in any of the waters of this 
State, or in front of the mouth of any stream, 
slough or bayou, any seine, net, gill-net, tram- 
mel-net, set-net, bag-weir, bush-drag, and 



fish-trap or dam, or any other device or ob- 
struction, or by any such means to take or 
catch any fish in the waters of this State. 
Provided, the prohibition of this section shall 
not apply to waters wholly on the premises 
belonging to such person or persons using 
such device or devices; and, provided, further, 
it may be lawful to use a very small seine not 
to exceed fifteen feet, for catching very small 
fish, usually called minnows, which may thus 
be caught to be used for bait or for stocking 
other waters with fish, but for no other pur- 
poses. Provided, further, it shall not be unlaw- 
ful for any person or persons to use a seine 
with meshes not less than four inches square, 
and any person using a seine with meshes less 
than four inches in width shall be guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be 
fined in any sum not less than twenty-five 
dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and such 
nets shall be and are hereby declared a nui- 
sance, and no person shall be liable in damages 
to the owner or owners of said nets, for de- 
stroying the same, and it is hereby made the 
duty of all sheriffs, constables and peace 
officers to destroy all such nets unlawfully 
used, upon receiving information of their use, 
under penalty for failure so to do of a fine of 
not less than twenty-five dollars and not more 
than fifty dollars. Provided, further, it shall 
not be unlawful for any person or persons to 
use a seine or net not exceeding sixty feet in 
length in any unnavigable stream or lake in 
this State to catch fish for family use, or 
for picnics, and not for sale, nor shall it be 
unlawful for any person or persons to 'place 
traps in the unnavigable streams of this State ; 
provided, such traps do not obstruct the free 
passage of fish ascending and descending such 
streams. Provided, further, that the pro- 
visions of this act shall not apply to the fol- 
lowing-named counties : Miller, Lafayette, 



Stone, Johnson, Jefferson, Lee and Phillips. 
Provided, this Act shall not repeal any special 
Act on the subject. — Act May 23, 1907. 

Sec. 3601. Any person who shall violate 
any of the provisions of the preceding section, 
shall, on conviction, be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor and shall be fined in any sum 
not less than five dollars nor more than two 
hundred dollars. — Act March 17, 1885, as 
amended March 26, 1889. 

Sec. 3602. It shall be unlawful for any 
person, persons or corporation, to own, con- 
trol, use or construct, in any river or creeks 
of this State, any fish-trap for the purpose of 
catching fish therewith. Every person or cor- 
poration violating any of the provisions of this 
act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any 
sum not less than twenty-five dollars, nor 
more than fifty dollars, and that each violation 
of this act shall constitute a separate offense. 
Provided, this act does not apply to the 
counties of Conway, Arkansas, Saline, Clay, 
Madison, Little River, Yell, Poinsett, Lincoln, 
Cleveland, Lawrence, Union, Carroll, Grant, 
Pike, Izard, White, Randolph, Calhoun, Brad- 
ley, Fulton, Marion, Phillips, Dallas, Baxter, 
Chicot,. Lonoke, Johnson, Ouachita, Independ- 
ence, Sharp, Miller, Pope, Newton, Cleburne, 
Van Buren, Searcy, Hot Spring, Stone, Scott, 
Clark, Ashley, St. Francis, Crawford, Jack- 
son, Columbia, Hempstead and Desha. — Act 
May 31, 1909. 

Sec. 3603. It shall be unlawful for any per- 
son with intent to kill, harm or paralyze any 
'fish in the waters of this State, to deposit in 
any stream, lake or any body of water in this 
State, any dynamite or explosive material of 
anv kind, or to take from any such body of 
water any fish so stupefied or killed, or in any 



way to assist or contribute to depositing such 
dynamite or explosive, or in taking out any 
fish so stupefied or killed. 

Sec 3604. Any person found guilty of a 
violation of the provisions of this act shall be 
fined for each offense in a sum not less than 
fifty nor more than one hundred dollars. — 
Act April 4, 1893. 

Sec 3605. The term "waters of this State," 
whenever used in this chapter, shall be deemed 
and held to mean all streams, lakes, ponds, 
sloughs, bayous or other waters, wholly or in 
part, within this State.— Act March 27, 1885, 
section 2. 

Sec 3606. If any person shall take fish 
from any inclosed or artificial lake or pond 
belonging to any other person, without the 
consent of the owner, he shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon convic- 
tion thereof, shall be fined in the sum of one 
hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the 
county jail not more than thirty days. 

Sec 3607. Before any person shall have the 
benefit of the preceding section, he shall first 
give notice of his intention to breed or culti- 
vate fish in said inclosed or artificial lake or 
pond; he shall post up three or more notices 
in the precinct of said inclosed or artificial 
lake or pond of his intention, warning all per- 
sons not to take fish from the same. — Act 
February 16, 1875. 

Sec 3608. It shall be unlawful for any per- 
son, with intent to kill, maim or paralyze any 
fish or other water animal, to cast, drop or 
otherwise deposit in any river, creek, lake or 
pond, or in any other stream or body of water 
within this State, any explosive material or 
substance, or any intoxicating or stupefying 
liquid, drug, vegetable or fruit, or to take 



from any river, creek, lake, pond or other 
stream or body of water within this State, 
any fish so stupefied, intoxicated or killed. 
— Act March 12, 1879. 

Sec 3609. Any person owning or controll- 
ing any dam or other obstruction across any 
river, creek or other water course is required 
to keep such dam or other obstruction open 
sufficiently to admit of the free and easy pas- 
sage of all fish, either ascending or descend- 
ing such river or other water course, from the 
first day of March until the first day of June 
of each year; provided, this section shall not 
apply to dams constructed for the accommoda- 
tion of water power for mills and manufac- 
tories; provided, further, that all persons own- 
ing or controlling any dam constructed for the 
accommodation of water power for mills and 
manufactories are required to construct and 
keep open a chute over such dam or obstruc- 
tion, sufficient for the passage of all fish either 
ascending or descending such river or water 
course. — Act May 8, 1899. 

Sec. 3610. Any person found guilty of vio- 
lating either of the provisions of sections 3608 
and 3609, upon indictment in the circuit court 
or before a justice of the peace of the proper 
county, shall be fined for each offense not less 
than five nor more than twenty-five dollars. — 
Act March 12, 1879. 



ACT 125. 

AN ACT for the better protection of fish in 
certain counties. 

Section i. That an Act entitled "An Act 
for the protection of fish in certain counties," 
approved March 3, 1903, be amended to read 

as follows : 



Sec 2. That hereafter it shall be un- 
lawful to seine, net, dredge, trap, or take fish 
in any way, except with hook and line, or by 
gigging, from the waters of White River or 
any of its tributaries in the counties of Wash- 
ington, 'Benton, Carroll and Madison, in this 
State; or from the waters of Illinois River, in 
Benton and Washington counties. 

Sec. 3. That any person who shall be con- 
victed of a violation of section two of this 
Act shall be punished by a fine of not less 
than twenty-five dollars nor more than one 
hundred dollars for each offense. 

Sec. 4. That any person or persons who 
shall dynamite or attempt to dynamite or poi- 
son by any means any fish in any of said 
streams or tributaries mentioned in section 
2 of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof 
shall be fined in any sum not less than one 
hundred dollars nor more than two hundred 
and fifty dollars, and in additional shall be im- 
prisoned in the county jail of the county for 
not less than thirty nor more than ninety 
days. 

Sec. 5. That hereafter it shall be unlawful 
to erect any or maintain any dam, trap or 
other construction, for the purpose of taking 
fish in any stream or tributaries mentioned 
in section 2 of this Act, and any violation 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not 
less than fifty dollars, and each week that said 
dam, trap or other obstruction shall be main- 
tained shall be guilty of a separate offense; 
provided, that this does not apply to mill dams 
or dams constructed for forming lakes for 
pleasure or watering purposes, but is to apply 
only -to dams and obstructions erected for the 
sole purpose of taking fish. This shall not 



apply to small traps or seines for catching 
minnows to be used on hooks when fishing 
for larger fish. 

Sec 6. That all laws or parts of laws in 
conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and this 
Act to take effect and be in force from and 
after its passage. 

Approved April 8, 1903. 

Amended February 28, 1905. 



ACT 220. 

AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An Act 
to regulate the catching of fish in the State 
of Arkansas," approved April 13, 1905. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. That it shall be unlawful to 
catch or take any fish from the waters of this 
State except with hook and line ; provided, 
that it shall be lawful to use a hoop-net with- 
out wings in any navigable stream or river in 
the State ; provided, that the provisions of this 
Act shall only apply to the folowing counties : 
Chicot, Ouachita, and Woodruff. 

Sec. 2. Any one violating the provisions of 
this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be 
fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dol- 
lars nor more than one hundred dollars, or 
confinement in the county jail for a period not 
exceeding thirty days, or both, in the discre- 
tion of the trial court. 

Sec 3. All laws and parts of laws in con- 
flict with this Act be, and the same are hereby 
repealed, and this Act shall take effect and be 
in force from and after its passage. 

Approved April 26, 1907. 



ACT 223. 

AN ACT for the protection of fish in the 
waters of Old Town and Long Lake, in 
Phillips County. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. That it shall hereafter be un- 
lawful to seine, net, trap, dredge, or take fish 
in any manner except with hook and line 
from the waters of Old Town Lake and Long 
Lake in Phillips County, Arkansas. 

Sec. 2. That whoever violates this law shall 
be lined in the sum of not less than twenty- 
five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars. 

Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in 
conflict herewith be, and the same are hereby 
repealed, and this Act take effect and be in 
force from and after its passage. 

Approved April 27, 1907. 



ACT 284. 

AN ACT to protect the fish of Lee County. 

Be It Unacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. No person shall be allowed to 
place, erect or cause to be placed or erected 
or maintained in any of the waters of Lee 
County, or in front of the mouth of any 
stream, slough or bayou, any seine, net, gill- 
net, trammel-net, set-net, bag-weir, bush-drag, 
any fish-trap or dam, or any other device or 
obstruction, or by any such means to take or 
catch any fish in the waters of Lee County. 
Provided, the provisions of this section shall 
not apply to waters wholly on the premises be- 



longing to such person or persons using such 
device or devices; and, provided, farther, it 
may.be lawful to use a very small seine not to 
exceed sixteen feet in length for catching very 
small fish, usually called minnows, which may 
be thus caught to be used for bait. Provided, 
further, it shall not be unlawful for any per- 
son or persons to use a seine not exceeding- 
sixty feet in length in any unnavigable stream 
or lake in Lee County, to catch fish for fam- 
ily use, or picnics, or for stocking other water 
with fish ; nor shall it be unlawful for "any 
person or persons to place traps in the un- 
navigable streams of said county; provided, 
such traps do not obstruct the free passage of 
fish in ascending and descending such streams. 
Provided, farther, that it shall not be unlawful 
to use a seine or net with meshes not less than 
four inches square in any river in said county. 

Sec 2. Any person who shall violate any 
of the provisions of the preceding section, 
shall upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and shall be fined in any sum 
not less than fifty, nor more than two hun- 
dred dollars, or imprisoned in the county jail 
for a period not less than a month, nor more 
than six months, or both, at the discretion of 
the court or jury trying the cause. 

Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person 
with intent to kill or paralyze any fish in the 
said county, to deposit in any stream, or any 
body of water in said county, any dynamite or 
explosive material of any kind, or to take 
from any such body of water any fish stupe- 
fied or killed, or in any way to assist or con- 
tribute to depositing such dynamite or ex- 
plosive, or in taking out any fish so stupefied 
or killed. 

Sec. 4. Any person found guilty of a viola- 
tion of the provisions of the preceding sec- 



tion, shall be fined for each offense in any 
sum not less than fifty nor more than three 
hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the 
county jail not less than one month nor more 
than six months, or by both fine and impris- 
onment, in the discretion of the court or jury 
trying the cause. 

Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect and be 
in force from and after its passage. 

Approved May 9, 1907. 



ACT 332. 






AN ACT regulating the use of dynamite and 
other explosives in catching or killing fish, 
and prescribing punishment for use of same 
and for other purposes. 

Be It Unacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

SECTION 1. That hereafter it shall be un- 
lawful for any person with intent to kill, 
harm or paralyze any fish in the waters of 
Lafayette and Little River counties, in this 
State, to deposit in any stream, lake, pond, 
or other body of water in said counties, any 
dynamite or explosive material of any kind, or 
to take from any such waters any fish so 
stupefied or killed, or in any way to assist 
or contribute to depositing such dynamite or 
other explosive in such waters, or taking 
therefrom any fish killed or stupefied by the 
use of such dynamite or other explosive. 

Skc. 2. That any person convicted of vio- 
lating the provisions of this Act shall be 
deemed guilty of a felony, and shall be pun- 
ished therefor by imprisonment in the peni- 
tentiary of Arkansas for a period of not more 
than one year, and by a fine of not less than 

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fifty dollars nor more than two hundred 
dollars. 

Sec. 3. That all acts and parts of acts in 
conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and this 
Act shall take effect from and after its pas- 
sage. 

Approved May 11, 1905. 



ACT 350. 

AN ACT for the better protection of game 
fish. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. No person shall be allowed to 
place, erect or cause to be placed or erected, 
or maintained in any of the waters of this 
State, or in front of the mouth of any stream, 
slough or bayou, any seine, net, trammel-net, 
gill-net, set-net, bag-weir, bush-drag, any fish- 
trap or dam, or any other device or obstruc- 
tion, or by any such means to take or catch 
any fish in the waters of this State. Provided, 
the prohibition of this Act shall not apply 
to waters wholly on the premises belonging to 
such person or persons using such device or 
devices; and provided, further, it may be law- 
ful to use a very small seine not to exceed 
fifteen feet, for catching very small fish, usually 
called minnows, which may be thus caught to 
be used for bait or for stocking other waters 
with fish, but for no other purpose. Provided, 
further, it shall not be unlawful for any per- 
son or persons to use a seine or net with 
meshes not less than three inches square, and 
any person using a seine or net with meshes 
less than three inches in width shall be guilty 
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall 

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be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five 
dollars nor more than fifty dollars, and such 
nets shall and are hereby declared a nuisance 
and no person shall be liable in damages to 
the owner or owners of said nets, for destroy- 
ing the same,, and it is hereby made the duty 
of all sheriffs, constables, and other peace offi- 
cers to destroy all such nets unlawfuly used, 
upon receiving information of their use, under 
penalty for failure to do so of a fine of not 
less than twenty-five dollars and not more 
than fifty dollars. ' Provided, further, it shall 
not be unlawful for any person or persons to 
use a seine or net not exceeding sixty feet in 
length in any unnavigable stream or lake in 
this State, to catch fish for family use, or for 
picnics, and not for sale, nor shall it be qn- 
lawftil for any person or persons to place 
traps in unnavigable streams of this State, 
provided such traps do not obstruct the free 
passage of fish in ascending and descending 
such streams. Provided, further, that this Act 
shall apply to Miller County alone. 

Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be 
in force from and after its passage. 

Approved May 22, 1907. 



ACT 31. 

AN ACT for better protection and preserva- 
tion of fish in Nevada County, Arkansas. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. It shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons to catch or kill any fish in 
Nevada County, Arkansas, with any trap, net, 
drag, tool or instrument, method or device 
other than rod, hook and line ; provided, that 

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any person or persons in Nevada County, Ark- 
ansas, may use a small net or other device 
for the purpose of catching minnows for bait 
only; provided, further, that this section shall 
not be construed to mean that no person or 
persons shall use a troll, fly or other form of 
fish hook or hooks used on the end of a line 
instead of a simple fish hook. 

Sec. 2. That any person violating section i 
of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor and shall be fined in any sum not 
less than ten dollars nor more than one hun- 
dred dollars. 

Sec. 3. That all laws or parts of laws in 
conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and this 
Act shall take effect and be in force from and 
after its passage. 

Approved February 19, 1909. 



ACT 217. 

AN ACT to allow the citizens of Faulkner 
County, Arkansas, fishing privileges. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. That any bona fide citizen of 
Faulkner County, Arkansas, shall have the 
right and privilege of fishing in any and all 
natural streams, bayous, lakes, ponds and 
sloughs in Faulkner County, Arkansas; pro- 
vided, that such fishing shall be in compliance 
with the present statutory laws of Arkansas 
governing fishing. 

Sec. 2. That all laws and parts of laws in 
conflict herewith be, and the same are, hereby 
repealed, and that this Act take effect and be 
in force from and after its passage. 

Approved May 6, 1909. 
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ACT 253. 

AN ACT to amend the fish and game laws of 
the State of Arkansas, to be applicable to 
the Western District of Clay County. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. That all nonresidents of the 
State of Arkansas, be and are hereby declared 
exempt from the nonresident exclusion Act, 
approved April 24, 1903, within the Western 
District of Clay County; provided, they com- 
ply with the following provisions : 

Sec. 2. Any nonresident of the State of 
Arkansas wishing to exempt himself under 
the provisions of section 1 of this Act, shall 
pay to the clerk of said county, a licensee fee 
of five ($5.00) dollars for each calendar year 
for fishing with hook and line, but not other- 
wise, on any of the waters of said district, 
and fifteen ($15.00) dollars for each calendar 
year for hunting on any open territory, or 
private ground with the owners' permission, 
in said Western District of Clay County. 

Sec. 3. Any person duly licensed as herein 
provided may personally take with him out of 
the State, any fish or game caught or killed in 
accordance with this Act, subject to all the 
limitation of the closed seasons or bag limits 
now or hereafter provided by the laws of the 
State of Arkansas. 

Sec. 4. In addition to the license fee pro- 
vided for in section 2 of this Act, the person 
to whom said license is issued shall pay to the 
clerk issuing the license fifty cents for each 
license so issued. 

Sec. 5. Each person applying for license in 
accordance with the provisions of this Act, 

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shall make a written application to said clerk 
for said license, which application shall be 
verified by affidavit and shall state therein that 
the person applying for license will not violate 
any of the fisli or game laws of the State of 
Arkansas ; that they will not hunt or fish for 
the purpose of selling their game or fish and 
will not sell, either in this State or any other 
State to which the same may be carried, any 
game or fish that may be taken by him, which 
affidavit shall be filed by the clerk and kept in 
his office. 

Sec. 6. The clerk of said county upon being 
satisfied that any person to whom a license 
has been issued as aforesaid has violated any 
of the terms and conditions of the said affi- 
davit shall revoke the license issued to such 
person. 

Sec. 7. The said clerk shall keep in his 
office a record in which the name of every 
licensee shall be recorded and also the date 
of the issuing of the license, the time for 
which it was issued, whether it was for hunt- 
ing or fishing and the amount paid. 

Sec. S. All money received by said clerk 
as license fee shall be paid quarterly to the 
deputy treasurer in and for the Western Dis- 
trict of Clay County by said clerk and said 
treasurer shall execute to the clerk his voucher 
therefor. Said fund shall be kept separate 
from other funds. 

Sec 9. On the first day of July and on the 
first day in January in each year the deputy 
treasurer in and for the Western District of 
Clay County and the deputy county examiner 
in said district shall apportion said fund 
among the school districts in the Western 
District of Clay County, according to the 
number of persons of school age in each dis- 

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trict as returned to said deputy county ex- 
aminer the last previous school enumeration. 

Sec. 10. All laws and parts of laws in con- 
flict with this Act are hereby repealed, and 
this Act shall take effect and be in force from 
and after its passage. 

Approved May 14, 1909. 



ACT 341- 

AN ACT to prevent the sale of fish caught 
from the waters of Union, Calhoun, Ouach- 
ita and 'Bradley counties, Arkansas. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. It shall be unlawful for any 
person or association of persons to sell any 
fish, or catch any fish for the purpose of sale, 
from the rivers, lakes, streams or waters of 
Union, Calhoun, Ouachita and Bradley coun- 
ties, or the waters bordering upon said coun- 
ties, except such as are caught with hook and 
line; provided, this shall not apply to fish 
raised in private fish ponds. 

Sec. 2. Any person or persons violating 
any of the provision of section 1 of this 
Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor 
and, upon conviction, shall be fined in any sum 
not less than twenty-five nor more than one 
hundred dollars, or may be confined in the 
county jail or worked upon the county roads 
for a period of not less than thirty days and 
not more than ninety days. 

Sec. 3. All laws in conflict are hereby re- 
pealed, and this Act shall take effect and be in 
force from and after its passage. 

Approved May 31, 1909. 
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ACT 364 

AN ACT to regulate the catching of fish 
from waters of Big Creek, in Phillips 
County, Arkansas. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 

the State of Arkansas: 

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Section i. That it shall be unlawful to 
catch or take any fish from the waters of Big 
Creek, in Phillips County, except with hook 
and line. Provided, it may be lawful to use 
a very small seine, not to exceed sixteen feet 
in length, for catching very small fish, 'usually 
called minnows, which may be thus caught to 
be used for bait. 

Sec. 2. Any one violating the provisions of 
this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be 
fined in any sum not less than twenty-five 
($25.00) dollars, nor more than one hundred 
($100.00) dollars, or confinement in the county 
jail for a period not exceeding thirty days, or 
both, in the discretion of the trial court. 

, Sec. 3. All laws and parts of laws in con- 
flict with this Act be, and the same are here- 
by repealed, and this Act shall take effect and 
be in full force from and after its passage. 
Approved May 31, 1909. 



N ACT 366. 

AN ACT for the protection of fish in Wash- 
ington and Madison counties, Arkansas. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. That it shall hereafter be un- 
lawful to seine, net, trap, dredge or take fish 

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in any manner except with hook and line, 
from the waters of White River, or any of its 
tributaries, in the counties of Madison and 
Washington, in this State, or from the Illinois 
River, or its tributaries, in Washington Coun- 
ty ; provided, that it shall be lawful to seine 
in said counties with a seine not over 60 feet 
in length and not less than one inch mesh. 

Sec. 2. That any person or persons, who 
shall be convicted of a violation of section 
one (1) of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of 
a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, 
shall be punished by a fine of not less than 
twenty-five ($25.00) dollars, nor more than 
one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars for each 
offense. 

Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in 
conflict herewith, are hereby repealed, and this 
Act shall take effect and be in force from and 
after its passage. 

Approved May 31, 1909. 



GAME. 



SEC 361 1. It shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons to trap, net, shoot or kill, 
by any method whatsoever, any quail or part- 
ridge, from the first day of March, until 
the first day of November in each year. It 
shall be unlawful for any person or persons to 
shoot, kill, or pursue by dogs, any deer or 
fawn, from the first day of February until the 
first clay of September in each and every year. 
It shall be unlawful for any person or per- 
sons, to trap, net, shoot or kill, by any method 
whatsoever, any wild turkey, from the first 
day of May until the first day of September 
in each and every year. Provided, that noth- 
ing in this act shall be so construed as to 

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prevent any person or persons from having 
in their possession, or buying, or selling, or 
shipping, or any railroad from receiving for 
transportation, any deer or fawn, when such 
deer or fawn is raised in captivity for domes- 
tic purposes, and is accompanied by an affi- 
davit from the raiser to this state of facts. — 
Act February 23, 1907. 

Sec. 3612. And it shall also be unlawful to 
catch, kill or injure, or pursue with intent 
to catch, kill or injiure, any pinnated grouse, 
commonly called prairie chicken, between the 
first day of December and the last day of Oc- 
tober of each year. — Act May 2^, 1901. 

Sec. 3613. It shall be unlawful for any per- 
son to shoot after sunset or before sunrise, 
upon any waters of this State, nor shall any 
person shoot any wild duck and geese, before 
sunrise or after sunset. — Act April 24, 1903. 

Sec. 3614. It shall be unlawful at any and 
all seasons of the year, to take, catch, or kill 
by means of any partridge-net or other net, 
or by traps, pens, pits or other devices of any 
kind, any pinnated grouse, commonly called 
prairie chicken, or any quail, sometimes called 
Virginia partridge, or any wild turkey; pro- 
vided, nothing in this section shall be con- 
strued to prohibit any person, or the minor 
children of any person, from netting, trapping, 
or otherwise killing or catching any quail or 
prairie chicken on his or her own premises, 
in the open or unprohibited season, nor shall 
it prohibit any person from kiling on his own 
premises any of the birds aforesaid, in the act 
of destroying fruit or grapes. — Act February 
23, 1885. 

Sec. 3615. It shall be unlawful to catch or 
kill, or attempt to catch or kill, wild turkeys 
at any time anywhere in the State of Ark- 
ansas, by means of blinds or by baiting or by 

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means of pens, trap-doors, or trenches or 
dead-falls ; and any one violating the pro- 
visions of this act shall be guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be fined 
in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars 
nor more than one hundred dollars. And no 
action shall be sustained against any parties 
for the destruction of any such blinds, baits, 
pens, trap-doors, trenches or dead-falls con- 
structed in violation of this act. — Act March 
20, 1903. 

Sec. 3616. It shall be unlawful for any per- 
son within the State of Arkansas to kill, 
wound or injure any wild bird other than the 
game birds, or to destroy, disturb or rob the 
nests of any such birds, or to sell or expose 
for sale, either dead or alive, any of such 
birds, or to sell or expose for sale, any of the 
eggs of any such birds ; and it shall be unlaw- 
ful for any railroad company, express com- 
pany, steamboat company, or other company 
or corporation or private person, their 
agents, employees or servants, to have in pos- 
session, or receive for transportation or car- 
riage, or for any other purpose whatever, any 
such birds or eggs ; but this section shall not 
apply to English sparrows, crows, blackbirds, 
hawks, owls, eagles, and other birds of prey, 
nor shall it prohibit any person from killing any 
such birds on his own premises, when in the 
act of destroying fruit or other crops. — Act 
March 15, 1897. 

Sec. 3617. Any person violating sections 
3614, 3616, shall be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall 
be fined in any sum not less than three nor 
more than ten dollars for each bird killed, 
caught or injured, or had in possession, and 
not less than three dollars nor more than 
ten dollars for each nest of eggs had in pos- 
session, or destroyed, or received for trans- 

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portation or carriage, together with the costs 
of prosecution. — Act February 23, 1885. 

Sec. 3618. It shall be unlawful for any per- 
son, corporation or company to purchase or 
have in possession for barter, exchange or 
sale, or to expose for barter, exchange or sale, 
or to sell any buck, doe, fawn or any part 
thereof, or any wild turkey or pinnated 
grouse, commonly called prairie chicken, or 
any quail, sometimes called Virginia partridge, 
or any other kind of game, wild fowls or 
birds whatsoever within this State, except 
bear, rabbits, squirrels, raccoons and opos- 
sums. — Act February 16, 1905. 

Sec. 3619. Any person, corporation or 
company violating any of the provisions of this 
act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum 
not less than ten nor more than one hundred 
dollars for each separate offense. — Act April 
6, 1903. 

Sec. 3620. It shall be unlawful for any per- 
son or persons, or corporation, to ship, export, 
or carry beyond the lines of the State, any 
deer, turkey, wild fowl, game fish, or game of 
any description, and any railroad company, 
express company, corporation or individual, 
who shall ship, export, or carry, or receive for 
shipment, or export, or carry beyond the 
State line of Arkansas, any game fish, deer, 
turkey, or game of any kind, except rabbits, 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and 
upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not 
less than one hundred dollars nor more than 
five hundred dollars for each separate offense. 
Provided, that rabbits shall be shipped in 
bunches or open crates, and at all times open 
to inspection. — Act February 14, 1905. 

Sec. 3621. Any person or persons violating 
any section of this act (except section 3620), 

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shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
conviction, fined not less than fifty nor more 
than one hundred dollars for each offense. 

Sec. 3622. The sheriff of each county, or 
any constable thereof, is hereby constituted 
ex-ofhcio game warden for his respective 
county, and his deputies shall be deputy game 
wardens, by virtue of their appointment as 
deputy sheriffs. It shall be the duty of the 
game warden or any constable or deputy, to 
make arrests, and prosecute offenders, under 
this act, as in other misdemeanor cases, be- 
fore any justice of the peace, and without be- 
ing required to give bond for costs. And it 
shall be a misdemeanor in office for any game 
warden or deputy to fail to prosecute vio- 
lators of this act. All fines collected under 
this act shall go to that game warden or 
deputy or constable making the arrest and 
securing the conviction. 

SEC. 3623. Any j'ustice of the peace, upon 
information received that any of the provisions 
of this act have been or are being violated, 
shall issue his warrant of arrest directed to 
any sheriff or constable, or other peace officer, 
commanding that said offender be at once ar- 
rested and held for trial. No bond shall be 
required for costs. Any constable, sheriff or 
other officer failing or refusing to serve said 
warrant, shall be guilty of a nonfeasance in 
office, and upon conviction shall be fined in 
any sum not less than fifty nor more than 
one hundred dollars, and be removed from 
office. — Act April 24, 1903. 

Sec. 3624. It shall be unlawful to catch, 
kill or injure, or pursue with intent to catch, 
kill or injure any Chinese or English pheas- 
ants in this State for a term of ten years. A 
fine of not less than ten dollars, nor more than 
twenty-five dollars shall be imposed by any 

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justice of the peace, or court of competent 
jurisdiction, 'upon conviction of any person 
violating this act. 

Sec 3625. It shall be unlawful for any 
common carrier or individual to export any 
Chinese or English pheasants from this State 
for the term ending January 1, 1913. Any 
common carrier or individual who shall vio- 
late this section shall be subject to a fine of 
not less than twenty-five dollars nor more 
than fifty dollars for each Chinese or English 
pheasant which they shall ship or carry as 
above specified in this act, either dead or 
alive; provided, however, that parties who 
are breeding and raising said pheasants for 
the purpose of freeing them and stocking 
the country are allowed the privilege of doing 
so, and railroads shall not be held liable when 
importing them for that purpose, but no rail- 
road shall be allowed to carry them out of the 
State, and any one selling any Chinese or 
English pheasants for the term of ten years 
shall be subject to the same penalties as pro- 
vided in section 3624, and to be recovered in 
the same manner. — Act March 14, 1903. 

Sec. 3626. Common carriers may refuse 
any package which -they may suppose con- 
tains fish or game designed for export and 
may cause said package to be opened, or may 
satisfy themselves in any other way that said 
package does not contain game or fish. — Act 
April 14, 1893, sec. 4. 



ACT 81. 



AN ACT to prohibit any person, or persons, 
from killing any squirrel for the purpose of 
barter, sale or exchange ; from selling in 
any way, any squirrel killed, and to prevent 

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the hiring or employing any person to kill 
squirrels, in the counties of Ouachita and 
Union, and fixing punishment for violating 
same. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. Hereafter it shall be unlawful 
for any person, or persons, to kill or pursue 
with intent to kill, any squirrel in the counties 
of Ouachita and Union, for the purpose of 
selling, bartering, or exchanging the same in 
any way. 

Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons, to sell, barter, or exchange 
in any way, any squirrel, or squirrels, which 
have been killed in the counties of Ouachita 
and Union. 

Sec 3. That it shall be unlawful for any 
person, or persons, to hire or employ in any 
wav, any other person, or persons, to kill any 
squirrel, or squirrels, in the co'unties of Ouach- 
ita and Union. 

Sec. 4. That any person, or persons, violat- 
ing any provisions of this Act, upon convic- 
tion, shall be fined in any sum not less than 
five, nor more than fifty dollars. 

Sec. 5. That in all prosecutions under this 
Act, in justice courts, no bond for costs shall 
be required. 

Sec. 6. That all laws in conflict herewith 
are hereby repealed, and this Act to take effect 
and be in force from and after its passage. 

Approved March 10, 1905. 
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ACT 82. 

AN ACT to prohibit the shipping of squirrels 
in White County, Arkansas. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. It shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons or corporations or railroad 
company to ship, express or carry out of 
White County, Arkansas, any squirrels of any 
description, and any railroad company, express 
company, corporation or individual who shall 
ship, express or carry, or receive for shipment 
or express or carry out of White County, 
Arkansas, any squirrels of any kind, shall be 
declared guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
conviction, shall be fined in a sum not less 
than one hundred dollars nor more than five 
hundred dollars for each separate offense. 

Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect from 
and after its passage. 

Approved March 12, 1907. 



ACT 37- 



AN ACT to prohibit the killing of squirrels 
in Monroe, Lee, Phillips and St. Francis 
counties during certain seasons. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. It shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons to shoot or kill any squirrel 
or squirrels in Monroe, Lee, Phillips and St. 
Francis coiunties from the first of December 
until the first of May in each year. 

Sec. 2. Any person or persons violating the 
provisions of this Act shall be upon convic- 

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tion fined in any sum not less than five dollars 
nor more than twenty dollars. 

Sec. 3. That all laws and parts of laws in 
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby 
repealed and this [Act] take effect and be in 
force from and after its passage. 

Approved February 21, 1907. 



ACT 332. 

AN ACT to prohibit the selling of game in 
certain counties. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. Hereafter it shall be unlawful 
for any person or persons to sell or offer for 
sale or exchange any squirrel or squirrels or 
game of any kind in the counties of Dallas, 
Lafayette and Craighead. 

Provided, that nothing in this Act shall 
prohibit the sale of any bear, raccoon, opos- 
sum, rabbit or ducks. 

Sec. 2. Any person or persons who shall 
violate the provisions of section 1 shall be de- 
clared guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con- 
viction, shall be fined in any sum not less than 
twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty dol- 
lars. 

Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person 
or persons, corporations or railroad company 
to ship, express or carry out of the counties 
of Dallas, Lafayette and Craighead any 
squirrel or squirrels or game of any kind. 

Sec. 4. Any person or persons, corporations 
or railroad company, express company who 
shall violate the provisions of section 3 shall 

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be declared guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less 
than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred 
dollars. 

Sec. 5. That this Act shall take effect and 
be in force from and after its passage. 

Approved May 17, 1907. 



ACT 75- 

AN ACT for the better protection of game in 
Phillips County. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. That on and after the passage 
of this Act, it shall be .unlawful for any per- 
son to hunt or trap any game in Phillips 
County, before first securing a license from 
the county clerk of said Phillips County, 
whose duty it shall be to issue a license to 
every citizen of said county upon his filing 
with or making affidavit before the county 
clerk that he is a citizen of said county and 
upon the payment of one dollar, fifty cents as 
county and fifty cents as clerk's fee for said 
license. 

Sec. 2. That nonresidents of said county 
may be entitled to hunt in said Phillips County 
under provisions as follows : Provided, that 
each citizen who has duly registered and pro- 
cured a license under this Act, may extend 
an invitation to not more than three nonresi- 
dents at any one time during the life of such 
license, to hunt with a citizen or citizens of 
the county; provided, that said nonresidents 
so invited shall file or register with the county 
clerk his name and by whom invited to hunt. 

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SEC 3. That any person found hunting 
within the limits of Phillips County without 
a license or invitation as herein provided, 
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and 
upon conviction before a justice of the peace 
or other court, shall be fined in any sum from 
twenty-five dollars to one hundred 'dollars, 
one-half of such fine shall go to the general 
school fund of the county and one-half to the 
party reporting and securing the conviction 
of such violators of this Act. 

Sec. 4. Provided, that this Act does not 
preclude any person from hunting on their 
own premises without a license. 

Sec. 5. That all license shall date from 
the first day of January and expire on the 31st 
day of December of the year for which said 
license is issued. 

Sec. 6. Provided, this Act is not intended 
to authorize the hunting or trapping of any 
game except in season, as is now provided by 
law. 

Sec. 7. That all nonresidents are hereby 
debarred from hunting in said Phillips County, 
except as herein provided by section 2 of this 
Act. 

Sec. 8. Provided, that no person shall be 
permitted to kill more than four deer in any 
one season, or that hunting parties composed 
of two or more parties shall not be permitted 
to kill more than an average of one deer for 
each person engaged in such hunting party, 
and that any person killing any deer or other 
game out of season, as is provided by law, 
shall be punishable under this Act. 

Sec. 9. That said license shall be in form 
as follows : 

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No Special License. 

This is to certify that 

has this day filed in my office his affidavit as 
required by law and is entitled to the hunting 
privileges of Phillips County for the year end- 
ing December 31, 19 , as is now provided 

by the Acts of 1909. 

This day of 19. . . . 

(Seal.) ' Clerk. 

SEC 10. That the clerk of Phillips County 
shall provide a suitable book for the purpose 
of properly registering all license issued by 
him, also for registering all parties who are 
invited to hunt by a citizen so registered. 

Sec. 11. That all laws and parts of laws 
in conflict with this Act be and the same are 
hereby repealed, and that this Act take effect 
and be in force from and after its passage. 

Approved March 19, 1909. 



ACT 94- 

AN ACT to prevent the sale of fish taken 
from the waters of Hot Spring County, in 
the State of Arkansas. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. Hereafter, it shall be unlawful 
for any person or persons to sell or offer for 
sale any fish of any kind taken from the 
waters of Hot Spring County in any manner 
that fish are now caught or may hereafter be 
caught. 

Sec. 2. Any one violating the provisions of 
this Act, shall be fined in any sum not less 
than ten dollars nor more than twenty-five 

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dollars and each violation shall constitute a 
separate offense. 

Sec. 3. All laws and parts of laws in con- 
flict with this Act be and the same are hereby 
repealed, and this Act shall take effect and 
be in force from and after its passage. 

Approved March 2"], 1909.. 



ACT 198. 

AN ACT to regulate hunting in Stone County, 
Arkansas. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. That it shall hereafter be un- 
lawful for nonresidents to hunt in Stone 
County, Arkansas. Provided, that any rela- 
tive or friend visiting any citizen of Stone 
County may upon the invitation of such citi- 
zen be permitted to hunt in said county. Pro- 
vided, further, that any nonresident upon 
filing a certificate with the county clerk, giving 
his name and address, and paying to the clerk 
a fee of $5.00 shall be granted by the clerk a 
permit to hunt for a period of five days. 

Sec. 2. No hunting permit shall be granted 
to extend over a period of five days, but a 
new permit may be granted at the expiration 
of the time for which the first permit was 
granted, upon a second payment of the re- 
quired fee, and the permit may be renewed as 
often as the fee is paid. 

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the county 
clerk, before issuing the hunting permit, to 
administer to the person desiring the same 
the following oath, towit : 

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"You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that 
you will not knowingly shoot any hog, cow, 
ox, sheep, goat or any domesticated animal 
whatever, that may be ranging or grazing in 
the woods or territory in which you may be 
hunting, and that you will use every pre- 
caution to avoid setting fire to the woods, so 
help you God." 

Sec. 4. Any nonresident who proceeds to 
hunt without a permit shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall 
be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars 
nor more than fifty dollars. 

Sec. 5. All hunting permit fees collected by 
the county clerk under the provisions of this 
Act shall be paid into the county school fund, 
and a record of the same shall be kept as in 
the case of other school funds. 

Sec. 6. All fines that may be collected 
under sections 1696, 1697, 1699 and 1893 °f 
Kirby's Digest, from nonresident hunters 
shall be set apart as a school fund for the 
school district or districts in which the of- 
fense was committed. 

Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect and be in 
force from and after its passage. 

Approved May 1, 1909. 



ACT 393- 

AN ACT for the better protection of game 
and fish of Chicot County, and for other 
purposes. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. That it shall be unlawful for 
any person or persons, to hunt, chase, or 

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pursue by dogs, shoot or kill any deer or 
fawn from the first day of February until the 
first day of October, in each and every year. 
It shall be unlawful for any person to kill 
more than five deer during any one hunting 
season. 

It shall be unlawful for any person to trap, 
net, shoot or kill, by any method whatsoever, 
any wild turkey, from the fifteen day of May 
until the first day of February in each and 
every year. 

It shall be unlawful to shoot, trap, net or 
kill, by any means whatsoever, any wild turkey 
hen at any time of year whatever within two 
years from and after the passage of this Act. 

Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any 
citizen or resident of Chicot County to hunt, 
chase, pursue by dogs, shoot or kill, any game 
whatsoever within the confines of Chicot 
County without having first procured from the 
county clerk of said county a license for that 
purpose, for which said license each and every 
person sihall pay to said clerk the sum of two 
dollars. 

Sec. 3. That it shall be unlawful for any 
nonresident of Chicot County, residing within 
the State of Arkansas, to hunt, chase, pursue 
by dogs, shoot or kill, any game whatsoever, 
within the confines of Chicot County, without 
first having procured from the county clerk of 
said county a license for that purpose, for 
wnich said license each and every person 
shall pay to said clerk the sum of five dollars; 
provided, however, that any resident of said 
county holding a regular hunting license, may 
invite one nonresident of said county to hunt 
therein, not to exceed one week, who may, 
by first presenting to said county clerk said 
written invitation, which shall be filed, pro- 

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cure a license to hunt within said county for 
said period of one week, upon payment 
of the license fee required of residents 
thereof. It shall be unlawful for any person 
who lives in Chicot County 10 hunt in any 
other county of the State 'unless they shall 
pay to the county in which they may hunt, 
a license of five dollars. 

Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons to bring within the confines 
of said county any dog or dogs for the pur- 
pose of chasing, hunting, or pursuing any 
game whatsoever therein without first pro- 
curing license for each and every such dog, 
for which license said person or persons shall 
pay to said county clerk the sum of two 
dollars. 

Sec. 5. That it shall be unlawful for any 
person or persons, nonresident of Chicot 
County, but residing within the State of Ark- 
ansas, to trap any game whatsoever in Chi- 
cot County, without first procuring from the 
county clerk thereof a license for said pur- 
pose, for which every such person shall pay 
the sum of five dollars, and said hunting and 
trapping license herein provided shall be sep- 
arate and distinct." 

Sec. 6. That thereafter it shall be unlaw- 
ful to sell, barter or exchange any game fish 
caught within any waters of Chicot County. 

Sec 7. That said county clerk shall pro- 
vide each licensed hunter or trapper with a 
button on which shall be printed the words 
"License Permit" and shall receive therefor 
the actual cost thereof from each and every 
licensee, and it shall be unlawful for any per- 
son or persons, to hunt or trap without first 
having procured said button, or to exchange, 
lend or transfer said button. 

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Sec. 8. That of the revenue received from 
said license, the county clerk shall receive 
for each license the sum of fifty cents for his 
service, and fifty cents as a county tax on 
seals ; that the remainder of said license rev- 
enue shall be equally divided between the 
school and road funds of said county, to be 
apportioned to the respective road and school 
districts by the county clerk thereof at the 
same time and manner as now provided for 
the apportionment of State school funds. 

SEC. 9. That at the first term of the county 
court held in said county after the passage of 
this Act, and every two years thereafter, the 
county judge shall appoint some competent 
and efficient person in each township thereof 
to act as game warden within and for said 
township, whose duty it shall be to make ar- 
rests and prosecute offenders, under this Act, 
as in other misdemeanor cases, before any 
justice of the peace and without being re- 
quired to give bond for costs. And it shall 
be a misdemeanor in office for any game 
warden so appointed to fail to prosecute vio- 
lators of this Act. All fines collected under 
this Act shall go to the game warden making 
the arrest and securing the conviction. 

Sec. 10. That nothing in this Act shall pre- 
clude persons from hunting on their own 
premises. 

Sec. 11. That said license so issued here- 
under shall run from the first day of July of 
the year of issuance to the thirtieth day of 
June of the succeeding year, and may be sub- 
stantially in the following form: 

SPECIAL LICENSE. 

No 

This is to certify that has 

this day procured a license as required by law, 

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and is entitled to the hunting privileges of 
Chicot County, for the year ending June 
thirtieth, 19.... 

This day of 19. . . . 

Clerk. 

Sec. 12. That any person or persons violat- 
ing any section of this Act, shall be guilty of 
a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be 
fined in any sum not less than five dollars nor 
more than one hundred dollars for each of- 
fense. 

Sec 13. That any game warden who shall 
violate any of the provisions of this Act in 
addition to the penalty provided in the fore- 
going section shall be removed from office. 

Sec. 14. That all laws and parts of laws in 
conflict herewith are hereby repealed, but all 
laws not in conflict are hereby retained and 
the provisions hereof made cumulative thereto, 
and that this Act take effect and be in force 
from and after its passage. 

Approved June 1, 1909. 



ACT 397- 

AN ACT prohibiting the selling or shipping 
of certain game from certain townships in 
the Chickasawba District of Mississippi 
County, Arkansas, and repealing sections 
3618, 3619 and 3620, of Kirby's Digest, in- 
sofar as they apply to said townships. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. It shall be unlawful for any 
person, corporation or company to purchase or 
have in possession for barter, exchange or 
sale, or to expose for barter, exchange or sale, 

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or to sell any buck, doe or fawn, or any part 
thereof, or any wild turkey or pinnated 
grouse, commonly called prairie chicken, or 
any quail or partridge, squirrel or game fish. 

Sec. 2. Any person, corporation, or com- 
pany violating section I of this Act shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon 
conviction, shall be fined in any sum not less 
than ten dollars nor more than one hundred 
dollars. 

Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person, 
or persons, corporation or company, to ship, 
export or carry beyond the lines of this State 
any deer, turkey, game fish, quail or partridge, 
or squirrel, and any railroad company, ex- 
press company, corporation or individual, who 
shall ship, export or carry, or receive for 
shipment, or export, or carry beyond the State 
line of Arkansas, any game mentioned in this 
section shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor, and upon conviction, shall be fined in 
any sum not less than fifty nor more than two 
hundred dollars for each separate offense. 

Sec. 4. That sections 3618, 3619 and 3620, 
of Kirby's Digest, and Act No. 2>7 of the Acts 
of 1905, are hereby repealed insofar as same 
affect and apply to 'Big L<ake, Neale, Hector 
and Bowen townships in the Chickasawba 
District of Mississippi County. 

Sec. 5. That all laws and parts of laws in 
conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and 
this Act apply only to Big Lake, Neale, Hec- 
tor and Bowen townships, in Mississippi 
County, and to take effect and be in full force 
from and after its passage. 

Approved June 1, 1909. 
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ACT 57- 

AN ACT to permit and regulate the seining 
of fish, other than game fish, in the waters 
of Chicot County, and permitting the licens- 
ing of the same, and for other purposes. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the 
State of Arkansas: 

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of 
Arkansas: 

Section i. That from and after the pas- 
sage of this Act, it shall be lawful for the 
county judge of Chicot County, or the judge 
thereof in vacation, to license any one for the 
purpose of catching cat fish, gar and buffalo 
fish, to seine the waters of Lake Chicot, 
Grand Lake, and Macon Lake in said county 
with a seine not less than three hundred feet 
long and with meshes not less than three 
inches square. Said license may be granted 
for a period of not more than two years, and 
shall be let upon a competitive bidding basis 
after advertisement in a county newspaper for 
a period of two weeks, and said bid shall be 
based upon a percentage of the gross receipts 
from the sales of all such fish sold, and said 
license for the seining of said lakes or either 
of them, shall be awarded to the highest 
competent and responsible bidder; but said 
court or judge shall have the right to reject 
any bid for incompetency or irresponsibility, 
or insufficiency of amount bid. 

Provided, said lakes may be let to separate 
parties. 

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of said court 
or judge to require from any licensee a bond 
to the State of Arkansas, for the use and 
benefit of Chicot County, in the sum of two 
thousand dollars with good and sufficient 
surety to be approved by said court or judge, 

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conditioned that said licensee shall regularly 
and promptly make quarterly settlements and 
payments of said percentage of gross receipts, 
furnish said court with duplicate bills of lad- 
ing of all shipments and duplicate invoices of 
all sales of such fish ; that he will not catch, 
kill or destroy, or permit to be caught, killed 
or destroyed, any game fish in or out of the 
waters of said lakes ; that he will not commit 
or permit to be committed any nuisance by 
reason of such license ; that he will immedi- 
ately report and faithfully prosecute any one 
illegally catching, destroying or shipping any 
game fish from the waters of Chicot County; 
that he will faithfully destroy any gar fish 
caught in said seine and remove same from 
the shores of said lakes ; that he will restore 
unharmed to the waters of said lakes any 
species of game fish caught in the meshes of 
said seine ; that he will faithfully respect and 
regard any further conditions and restrictions 
placed in said bond for the protection of the 
fish in the waters of said lakes, and that he 
will not attempt to operate said seine during 
what is known as the spawning season, being 
any time from May I to September 15, should 
the same be a condition of said bond. 

Sec. 3. That after the passage of this Act, 
it shall be unlawful for any person to seine 
or catch any fish in any of said waters except 
as is now provided by law, and as modified 
by the provisions hereof, and any person, firm 
or corporation found guilty of a violation of 
this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misde- 
meanor and fined in any sum not less than 
twenty-five dollars nor more than one hun- 
dred dollars, and also a prison sentence of not 
less than one month nor more than six months 
in the county jail of said county; provided, 
however, that said prison sentence shall be in 
the discretion of the judge or jury trying the 

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cause ; and, provided, further, that each vio- 
lation shall constitute a separate offense. 

Sec. 4. That should any licensee violate any 
of the conditions of section 2 of this Act, 
in addition to the action on the bond therein 
provided, and the penalty prescribed by section 
3, the county court, or judge thereof in vaca- 
tion, may upon proof produced before him, 
after reasonable notice to said licensee, for- 
feit, cancel and annul the license granted to 
said licensee, and said revocation shall for- 
ever forfeit all the rights and privileges of 
said licensee thereunder ; provided, that the 
county court or judge thereof may at any 
time appoint some suitable person as fish in- 
spector to force the conditions and require- 
ments of the bond and license as granted, and 
the salary of said inspector shall be paid by 
said licensee. 

Sec. 5. That the act approved April 13, 
1905, as amended by Act 220, approved 
April 26, 1907, and other laws in con- 
flict herewith be, and the same are hereby 
repealed, but only in so far as the same are 
in conflict with this Act and affect the waters 
of Chicot County. 

Sec. 6. This law being necessary for the 
immediate preservation of the public peace, 
health and safety, shall be in force and effect 
from and after its passage. 

Approved March 3, 191 1. 



ACT 120. 

AN ACT to regulate hunting and fishing in 
Crittenden County. 

Be It Unacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of 
Arkansas: 

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Section i. It shall be unlawful for any 
person to hunt or fish in Crittenden County; 
provided, that persons having a license as 
hereinafter provided shall have the right to 
exercise the privilege conferred by the license 
during the period the same may be in force ; 
provided, further, that the provisions of this 
Act shall not be held to apply to persons who 
are bona fide residents of Crittenden County. 

Sec. 2. Any person who desires to hunt or 
fish in Crittenden County may procure a 
license from the State authorizing the exer- 
cise of such privilege upon application to the 
county clerk of said county, which application 
shall be accompanied by a receipt from the 
sheriff of said county, showing the payment 
of the privilege tax hereinafter provided. The 
application shall be signed by the applicant 
and shall contain his name and permanent ad- 
dress, his age, color, height, normal weight, 
color of hair, eyes and complexion, and shall 
also contain a declaration that the applicant 
does not desire to hunt or fish for the purpose 
of profit, but for recreation and sport, and 
that the applicant will not sell, or give away 
for the purpose of sale, either in this State, 
or in any other State, any game or fish killed, 
captured or taken under the protection of the 
license issued upon the application. 

Sec. 3. Upon the filing of the application 
and receipt of the sheriff with the county 
clerk, he shall issue to the applicant a license 
to hunt and fish in said county for a period 
of one year from date thereof, where the 
receipt shows payment of a license fee of 
fifteen dollars, or for a period of thirty days 
from date thereof, where the receipt shows 
payment of a license fee of five dollars, or 
for a period of ten days where the receipt 
shows a payment of a license fee of three 

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dollars, or, where the application is for a fish- 
ing privilege only, shall issue to the applicant 
a license to fish in said county for a period 
of one year from date thereof, where the 
receipt shows payment of a license fee of ten 
dollars, or for a period of fifteen days from 
date thereof, where the receipt shows a pay- 
ment of a license fee of three dollars, or 
where the application is for a hunting privi- 
lege only, shall issue to the applicant a license 
to hunt in said county for a period of one 
year from date thereof, where the receipt 
shows a payment of a license fee of ten dol- 
lars, or for a period of fifteen days from date 
thereof, where the receipt shows a payment 
of a license fee of three dollars. 

Sec. 4. The application, receipt and license 
shall bear the same number and all license 
shall be numbered consecutively, beginning 
with the number one, and shall be issued 
under the signature of the county clerk and 
seal of the county court. The licenses shall 
be in appropriate form, and shall contain a 
recital of the application, the payment of the 
license fee, the privilege conferred, and be 
dated as of the date of its issuance, and shall 
also have printed thereon section 5 of this 
Act. The licenses shall be printed in book 
form with stub attached. The stub shall bear 
the same number as the license and shall 
show to whom issued, fee paid, privilege 
granted, date of issuance and the date of 
expiration of the privilege. It shall be the 
duty of the county clerk to furnish, at the 
expense of the county, blank licenses, appli- 
cations and receipts. He shall furnish to the 
sheriff such blank applications and receipts as 
may be needed. It shall be the duty of the 
clerk and sheriff to settle quarterly with the 
county court and of the sheriff, to pay over 
at each settlement to the county treasurer to 

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the credit of the road and bridge fund of the 
county, the amount shown to have been col- 
lected. The clerk shall receive as compensa- 
tion for his services hereunder, ten per centum 
of all licenses collected, and the sheriff shall 
receive as compensation for his services here- 
under, fifteen per centum of all licenses col- 
lected, which accounts shall be audited and 
allowed by the county court and payable out 
of the road and bridge fund of the county. 

Sec 5. All the licenses issued under 
the provisions of this Act shall authorize 
the wife and children of the licensee to exer- 
cise all the privileges of the licensee when ac- 
companied by him. Any licensee may carry to 
his home with him, whether his home be within 
or without this State, any fish or game caught, 
captured or killed in Crittenden County, 
in accordance with the laws of this State, 
not to exceed, however, a two days' bag limit 
at any one time. For the purpose of this 
Act, a bag limit shall consist of not to ex- 
ceed twenty-five of any species of game bird 
or wild fowl, and of not to exceed thirty-five 
bass fish or seventy-five fish of all kinds, in 
any one day. Provided, said license shall not 
authorize the killing, capturing or taking of 
any wild game, game bird or game fish in the 
closed season or upon any property other 
than that of the State without the express con- 
sent of the owner thereof. 

SEC. 6. Any person violating any of the 
foregoing provisions of this Act shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum 
not less than twenty five dollars, and not 
more than two hundred dollars, one-half to be 
paid to the person or officer securing con- 
viction, and the other half to the credit of 
the road and bridge fund of the county. The 
county court, or judge thereof, shall have 

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authority to revoke any license issued here- 
under in a summary manner by order entered 
upon the county court record upon satisfactory 
proof of a violation by the licensee of any of 
the terms of his application or any of the 
other provisions of this Act, not less than 
ten days' notice having first been given to 
the licensee, by posting in the United States 
mail to the address given in the application 
for license, a statement of the violation al- 
leged, followed by a notice to the licensee 
to appear on a day named, and show cause 
why his license should not be revoked. Any 
person whose license shall be revoked as 
above, shall not again be eligible to license 
except upon special order of the county court. 

Sec 7. It shall be the duty of the sheriff 
to keep copies of this Act posted at all places 
of .resort for hunting and fishing in the county. 
It shall be the duty of the county clerk, upon 
the expiration or revocation of any license, to 
notify the licensee of the facts by notice posted 
in the United States mail to the address of 
the licensee contained in his application for 
license. 

Sec. 8. That all Acts and parts of Acts in 
conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby 
repealed, and that this Act take effect and 
be in force from and after its passage, the 
public welfare so requiring. 

Approved March 24, 191 1. 



ACT 127. 

AN ACT for the protection of fish in the 
counties of Washington, "Benton, Carroll, 
Polk and Madison. 

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of 
Arkansas: 

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Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. That it shall hereafter be un- 
lawful to seine, net, trap, dredge or take fish 
in any manner except with hook and line, 
from any river, creek or stream in the coun- 
ties of Washington, Benton, Carroll or Polk 
and Madison in this State. 

Sec. 2. That it shall hereafter be unlaw- 
ful to take black bass or trout from any 
stream in said counties between the ioth day 
of April and the 20th day of June in any year. 

Sec. 3. That any person or persons who 
shall be convicted of a violation of sections 1 
or 2 of this Act, shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine 
of not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00 
for each ofTense. 

Sec. 4. That any person or persons who 
shall kill, maim or attempt to kill any fish by 
means of dynamite or other explosive or to 
poison by any means any fish in any waters 
mentioned in section 1 of this Act, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, 
upon conviction, be fined in any sum not less 
than $100.00 nor more than $250.00, and in 
addition, shall be imprisoned in the county 
jail of the county for a period of not less 
than 30 nor more than 90 days. 

Sec. 5. That hereafter it shall be unlawful 
to erect or maintain any dam, trap or other 
obstruction for the purpose of taking fish in 
any waters mentioned in section 1 of this Act, 
and any person or persons violating the pro- 
visions of this section shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall 
be fined in any sum not less than $50.00 and 
each week said dam, trap or other obstruc- 
tion, shall be maintained or suffered to re- 

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main shall be deemed a separate offense ; 
provided, the provisions of this section shall 
not apply to any person or persons owning or 
controlling any dam or other obstructions 
placed in any river or stream for the purpose 
of providing water power to operate any mill 
or other manufactory ; provided, however, that 
all person or persons so owning or controlling 
said dam or other obstruction shall at all 
times keep open a fish way so as to provide 
a free and easy passage for any fish either 
ascending or descending said stream. 

Provided, further, that any mill or manu- 
factory which is run by water power, and 
which is situated on a stream of water, that 
through the dry season does not furnish suffi- 
cient water to run the mill or manufactory 
and leave a fish-way, may use the entire water 
supply when it is necessary. 

Sec. 6. The provisions of this Act shall 
not apply to the use of small seines, commonly 
called minnow seines nor to small minnow 
traps used for the purpose of catching min- 
nows to be used as bait. 

Sec. 7. All sections or parts of sections 
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed and 
this Act shall take effect and be in force from 
and after its passage. 

Approved March 24, 191 1. 



ACT 152. 

AN ACT for the better protection of game 
fish. Permits the use of gill-nets and hoop- 
nets, without wings, in certain localities. 

Section 1. Defines the lawful catching of 
fish. Applies only to Red and Little Rivers 
in Hempstead and Little River counties. 

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Section 2. Act in effect from passage. 

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of 
Arkansas: 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the 
State of Arkansas: 

Section i. No person shall be allowed to 
place, erect or caused to be placed or erected, 
or maintained in any of the waters of this 
State, or in front of the mouth of any 
streams, slough or bayou, any seine, net, tram- 
mel-net, gill-net, set-net, bag-weir, bush-drag, 
any fish-trap or dam, or any other device of 
construction or by any such means to take or 
catch any fish in the waters of this State. 
Provided, the prohibition of this Act does not 
apply to artificial waters wholly on the prem- 
ises belonging to such person or persons 
using such device or devices; and, provided, 
further, it may be lawful to use a very small 
seine not exceeding fifteen feet, for catching 
very small fish, usually called minnows, which 
may thus be caught to be used for bait or for 
stocking other waters with fish, but for no 
other purpose. Provided, further, it shall not 
be unlawful for any person or persons to use 
a seine or gill-net with meshes not less than 
four inches square, nor shall it be unlawful 
to use a hoop-net without wings, with meshes 
not less than three inches square and front 
not to exceed five feet, for catching spoonbill, 
buffalo, cat, drum, suckers, carp, gar, and 
such line variety of fish, but not game fish 
such as are known as trout, white perch, etc., 
and any person using a seine or gill-net with 
meshes less than four inches in width or a 
hoop-net over five-foot front or with meshes 
less than three inches in width, or with wings, 
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
conviction, shall be fined in any sum not 

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less than twenty-five dollars, nor more than 
fifty dollars, and such nets shall, and are 
hereby, declared a nuisance, and no person 
shall be liable in damages to the owner or 
owners of said nets for destroying the same, 
and it is hereby made the duty of all sheriffs, 
constables and other peace officers to destroy- 
all such nets unlawfully used, upon receiving 
information of their use, under penalty of fail- 
ure to do so of a fine of not less than twenty- 
five dollars, nor more than fifty dollars. Pro- 
vided, further, it shall not be unlawful for 
any person to use a seine or net not exceeding 
sixty feet in length in any unnavigable stream 
or lake in this State, to catch fish for family 
•use, or for picnics, and not for sale, nor shall 
it be unlawful for any person or persons to 
place traps in unnavigable streams of this 
State; provided, such traps do not obstruct the 
free passage of fish in ascending and descend- 
ing such streams. Provided, further, that this 
Act shall apply only to Red and Little rivers 
within the borders of Hempstead and Little 
River counties. 

Sec. 2. This Act being necessary for the 
preservation of the public peace, health and 
safety shall take effect and be in force from 
and after its passage, and all laws and parts 
of laws in conflict herewith are hereby re- 
pealed. 

Approved March 30, 191 1. 



ACT 189. 

AN ACT to regulate the catching of fish from 
waters of Days Creek, in Miller County, 
Arkansas. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

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Be It Enacted by the People of the State of 
Arkansas: 

Section i. That it shall be unlawful to 
catch or take any fish from the waters of 
Days Creek in Miller County, Arkansas, ex- 
cept with hook and line. Provided, it may be 
lawful to use a very small seine, not to ex- 
ceed twelve (12) feet in length, for catching 
very small fish, usually called minnows, which 
may thus be caught to be used for bait; but 
such seine shall not be used in the channel 
of Days Creek. 

Sec. 2. Any one violating the provisions 
of this Act will be deemed guilty of a mis- 
demeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall 
be fined in any sum not less than twenty 
($20.00) dollars, nor more than one hundred_ 
($100.00) dollars, or confinement in the county 
jail for a period not exceeding thirty days, or 
both, in the discretion of the court, or the 
jury trying the case. 

Sec. 3. All laws and parts of laws in con- 
flict with this Act be and 'the same are hereby 
repealed, and this Act being necessary for 
the immediate preservation of the public 
peace, health and safety, shall take effect and 
be in full force from and after its passage. 

Approved April 15, 191 1. 



ACT 293. 

AN ACT to amend section 6 of an act, No. 
393, approved June 1, 1909, to provide for 
its violation, and for other purposes. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of 
Arkansas: 

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Section i. That section 6, of an act, No. 
393, of the General Assembly of the State of 
Arkansas, approved June i, 1909, be, and the 
same is, hereby amended to read as follows : 

That hereafter it shall be unlawful to sell, 
barter, exchange or ship, transport or convey 
any game fish caught within any waters of 
Chicot County, except in quantities of not 
exceeding ten pounds to any one person, 
firm, corporation or consignee, said fish to 
be caught only with hook and line and not 
otherwise. 

SEC 2. That any violation of this Act 
shall be deemed a misdemeanor, and upon con- 
viction, shall be punished by a fine of not less 
than fifty dollars, and not exceeding one hun- 
dred dollars, and by imprisonment for not less 
than thirty days and not exceeding six 
months, and each separate sale, barter, ex- 
change, shipment, conveyance or transporta- 
tion shall constitute a separate offense, and 
be punished accordingly. 

Sec. 3. All laws and parts of laws in con- 
flict herewith be and the same are hereby 
repealed ; but all laws not in conflict are 
specifically retained; that its provisions apply 
only to Chicot County. 

Sec 4. This law being necessary for the 
immediate preservation of the public peace, 
health or safety, shall be in force and effect 
from and after its passage. 

Approved May 26, 191 1. 



ACT 307. 

AN ACT for the protection of fish in Sharp 
County, Arkansas. 

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of 
Arkansas: 

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Section i. That it shall be unlawful to 
catch or take any fish from the waters of 
Sharp County, Arkansas, except with hook 
and line, for a period of five years, beginning 
with the approval of this Act. Provided, that 
it shall be lawful to use a seine, commonly 
called a minnow seine, for the purpose of 
catching minnows for bait. 

Sec 2. Any one violating the provisions 
of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, 
and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in 
any sum not less than twenty-five dollars, 
nor more than one hundred dollars. 

Sec. 3. All laws and parts of laws in con- 
flict with this Act are hereby repealed, and 
this Act shall take effect and be in force from 
and after its approval. 

Approved May 26, 191 1. 



ACT 373- 

AN ACT for the better protection of game 
fish in Prairie County, Arkansas. 

Section 1. Obstruction herein-named pro- 
hibited in waters of said county. 

Section 2. Manner of procuring license for 
fishing. 

Section 3. Clerk to keep record of all 
licenses issued. 

Section 4. Penalty for violation. 

Section 5. Laws in conflict repealed. Act 
in effect from passage. 

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of 
Arkansas: 

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Section i. No person shall be allowed to 
place, erect or cause to be placed or erected 
or maintained in any of the waters of this 
State, within the limits of Prairie County, or 
in front of the mouth of any stream, slough 
or bayou, within the limits of Prairie County, 
any seine-net, gill-net, trammel-net, set-net, 
bag-weir, bush-drag, any fish-trap or dam or 
any other device of obstruction or by any such 
means to take or catch any fish in the waters 
of this State within the limits of Prairie 
County; provided, that the prohibition of this 
section shall not apply to waters wholly on 
the premises belonging to such person or per- 
sons using such device or devices; and, pro- 
vided, further, it may be lawful to use a very 
small seine, not to exceed fifteen feet in 
length, for catching very small fish, usu- 
ally called minnows, which may be thus 
caught to be used for bait, or for 
stocking other waters with fish, but for no 
other purpose; provided, further, that it shall 
not be unlawful for any person or persons to 
use a seine or net not exceeding sixty feet in 
length in any unnavigable stream or lake in 
. this State, within the limits of Prairie County, 
to catch fish for family use or for picnics, and 
not for sale, nor shall it be unlawful for any 
person or persons to place traps in the unnavi- 
gable streams of this State, within the limits 
of Prairie County; provided, such traps do not 
obstruct the free passage of fish in ascending 
and descending such streams. 

Provided, it shall not be unlawful for any 
citizen of the State of Arkansas to fish in the 
waters of the State, within the limits of said 
Prairie County, with any kind of net or seine, 
the meshes of which are not less than three 
inches square ; provided, such citizen or citi- 
zens of the State of Arkansas shall have first 
procured a license from the county clerk of 

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said Prairie County, permitting him or them to 
do so, and any net or seine with meshes not 
less than three inches square shall be and 
are hereby declared legal property, and all 
nets and seines with meshes less than three 
inches square in said county are hereby de- 
clared a nuisance ; and no person shall be 
liable in damages to the owner or owners 
thereof for destroying the same, and it is 
hereby made the duty of the sheriff and all 
constables and other peace officers in said* 
county to destroy all such nets unlawfully 
used within the limits of said county, upon 
receiving information of their use, under 
penalty for failure to do so of a fine not less 
than twenty-five dollars, and not more than 
fifty dollars. 

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the county 
clerk of said Prairie County to issue a license 
to any citizen of the State of Arkansas, upon 
his filing with said clerk an affidavit that he 
is a citizen of the State of Arkansas, and has 
paid his poll tax at the last tax paying time 
prior to his application for license, and upon 
the exhibit of his poll tax receipt, and upon 
the payment of one dollar, as a county license 
fee and the further payment of fifty cents to said 
clerk for issuing and recording same. The 
license fees herein provided for shall be cred- 
ited to the county general school fund for 
said Prairie County, and the license shall be 
dated when issued, and shall authorize the 
person named therein to fish during the cal- 
endar year of issue. Provided, it shall be un- 
lawful to ship any game fish out of Prairie 
County. 

Sec. 3. The clerk of said county shall pro- 
vide a record book by duplicate stub, with 
index, for the purpose of keeping a record of 
all license issued, noting upon the license and 
stub to whom issued and the duration thereof, 

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and certifying that the affidavit provided for 
in this Act has been filed, and he shall keep 
a correct alphabetical list of all licenses, and 
keep the. same open for inspection at all con- 
venient ihouirs. 

Sec. 4. Any person who shall violate any 
of the provisions of this Act shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, 
shall be fined in any sum not less than 
twenty-five dollars and not more than one 
hundred dollars ; and each day's violation 
shall be deemed and punishable as a separate 
offense. 

Sec. 5. All laws and parts of laws in con- 
flict herewith are hereby repealed, and this 
Act shall take effect and be in force from 
and after its passage. 

Approved May 31, 191 1. 



ACT 346. 

AN ACT to provide for the better protection 
of game and fish in St. Francis County. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of the 
State of Arkansas: 

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of 
Arkansas: 

Section i. It shall be unlawful for any 
person to hunt or fish in St. Francis County; 
provided, that persons having a license as 
hereinafter provided, shall have the right to 
exercise the privilege conferred by the license 
during the period the same may be in force ; 
provided, further, that the provisions of this 
Act shall not be held to apply to persons who 
are bona fide residents of St. Francis County. 

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Sec. 2. Any person who desires to hunt 
or fish in St. Francis County may procure a 
license from the State authorizing the exercise 
of such privilege 'upon application to the 
county clerk of said county, which application 
shall be accompanied by a receipt from the 
sheriff of said county showing the payment of 
the privilege tax hereinafter provided. The 
application shall be signed by the applicant, 
and shall contain his name and permanent 
address, his age, color, height, normal weight, 
color of hair, eyes and complexion, and shall 
also contain a declaration that the applicant 
does not desire to hunt or fish for the pur- 
pose of profit, but for recreation and sport, 
except as hereinafter provided. 

Sec. 3. Upon the filing of the application 
and receipt of the sheriff with the county 
clerk, he shall issue to the applicant a license 
to hunt and fish in said county for a period 
of one year, but no license shall continue in 
force longer than the 31st of December suc- 
ceeding the issuance of same. Said license 
shall be issued according to the following 
terms and conditions : That where nonresi- 
dents holding lands in the county of St. Fran- 
cis and desiring to hunt and fish on said lands 
a license fee of ten dollars shall be charged ; 
that nonresidents of the county of St. Francis 
owning no lands in said county, a license fee 
of twenty-five dollars shall be paid as pro- 
vided for herein. Said license shall authorize 
the persons to whom it is issued to fish and 
hunt for the period mentioned and subject to 
the limitations herein provided. 

SEC. 4. The application, receipt and license 
shall bear the same number and all licenses 
shall be numbered consecutively, beginning 
with number one, and shall be issued under 
the signature of the county clerk, and the 
seal of the county court. The licenses shall 

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be in appropriate form, and shall contain a 
recital of the application, the payment of the 
license fee, the privilege conferred and the 
date of its issuance. The license shall be 
printed in book form with stub attached. The 
stub shall bear the same number as the license, 
and shall show to whom issued, fee paid, 
privilege granted, date of issuance, and the 
date of the expiration of the privilege. It shall 
be the duty of the county clerk to furnish, at 
the expense of the county, blank license, ap- 
plications and receipts. He shall furnish to 
the she-riff such blank applications and re- 
ceipts as may be needed. It shall be the duty 
of the clerk and the sheriff to settle quarterly 
with the county court, and of the sheriff to 
pay over at each settlement to the county 
treasurer to the credit of the road fund of the 
county the amount shown to have been col- 
lected. The clerk shall receive as compensa- 
tion for his services hereunder, one dollar for 
each license issued, and the sheriff shall re- 
ceive for his compensation for his services 
hereunder, one dollar for each license col- 
lected, which account shall be audited and 
allowed by the county court and payable out 
of the road fund of the county. 

Sec. 5. All licenses issued under provisions 
of this Act shall authorize the wife and chil- 
dren of the licensee to exercise all the privi- 
leges of the licensee when accompanied by 
him. Any licensee may carry to his home with 
him, whether his home be within or without 
this State, any game or fish caught, captured 
or killed in St. Francis County, in accordance 
With the laws of this State, not to exceed, 
however, a two days' bag limit at any one 
time. For the purpose of this Act a bag limit 
shall consist of not to exceed twenty-five of 
any species of game bird, or wild fowl, and 
of not to exceed thirty-five bass fish or sev- 

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enty-five fish of all kinds in any one day. 
Provided, said license shall not authorize the 
killing, capturing or taking of any wild game, 
game bird or game fish in the closed season, 
or upon any property than that of the State 
without the express consent of the owner 
thereof. Provided, further, that any person 
living in St. Francis County, or any licensee 
hereunder, may dispose of said game or fish 
by gift, sale or barter, within the limits of 
St. Francis County. 

SEC. 6. Any person violating any of the 
foregoing provisions of this Act shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum 
not less than twenty-five dollars and not 
more than two hundred dollars, one-half to 
be paid to the person or officer securing con- 
viction, and the other half to the credit of 
the road fund of the county. The county 
court or the judge thereof, shall have the 
authority to revoke any license issued here- 
under in a summary manner by order entered 
upon the county court record upon satisfac- 
tory proof of a violation of the licensee of 
any of the terms of his application, or any 
of the other provisions of this Act, not less 
than ten days notice having first been given 
to the licensee by posting in the United States 
mail to the address given in the application 
for license, a statement of the violation al- 
leged, followed by notice to the licensee to 
appear on the day named and show cause 
why his license should not be revoked. Any 
person whose license shall be revoked as 
above, shall not again be eligible for license, 
except upon special order of the county court. 

Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the sheriff 
to keep copies of this A.ct posted at all places 
of resort for hunting and fishing of the 
county. It shall be the duty of the county 

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clerk upon the expiration or revocation of any 
'license to notify the licensee of the fact by 
notice posted in the United States mail to the 
address of the licensee contained in the appli- 
cation for license. 

Sec. 8. That all acts and parts of acts in 
conflict herewith be and the same are hereby 
repealed, and that this Act take effect and be 
in force from and after its passage, the pub- 
lic welfare so requiring. 

Approved May 30, 191 1. 



ACT 391. 

AN ACT entitled "An Act to protect prairie 
chickens in Prairie County, Arkansas." 

Section 1. Deemed unlawful to kill prairie 
chickens in Prairie County. 

Section 2. Penalty for violation. 
Section 3. Act in effect from passage. 

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of 
Arkansas: 

Section i. That from the date of the 
passage of this Act, until January 1, 1917, it 
shall be unlawful for any person to hunt, 
shoot or kill, or to attempt to hunt, shoot or 
kill, any prairie chicken in Prairie County, 
Arkansas. 

Sec. 2. That any person or persons violat- 
ing section 1 of this Act, shall be deemed 
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, 
shall be fined in any sum not less than ten 
($10.00) dollars, nor more than fifty ($50.00) 
dollars. 

Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect and be in 
force from and after its passage. 
Approved May 31, 191 1. 

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ACT 396. 

AN ACT to better protect quail or Virginia 
partridge in Arkansas. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of 
Arkansas: 

Section i. That it shall be unlawful for 
any person or persons to net, shoot or kill, 
by any method whatever, any quail or part- 
ridge, from the 1st day of February to the 
roth day of December in each year. It shall 
be unlawful for any person to kill, in any 
manner herein mentioned, more than ten 
quails or partridges in any one day. Pro- 
vided, this Act shall apply only to Columbia, 
Carroll, Lafayette and Grant counties. 

Sec. 2. Any one violating the provisions 
of section 1 of this Act shall be deemed guilty 
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall 
be fined five dollars for each quail or part- 
ridge killed, over ten, in any one day. Pro- 
vided, this Act shall not repeal any law now 
in force providing penalties for killing quails 
or partridges during prohibited season. 

Sec. 3. All laws and parts of laws in con- 
flict herewith are hereby repealed, and this 
Act shall take effect and be in force from and 
after its passage. 

Approved May 31, 191 1. 



ACT 435- 

AN ACT to regulate the catching of fish in 
certain counties. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

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Be It Enacted by the People of the State of 
Arkansas: 

Section i. That it shall be unlawful for 
any person or persons to take or catch fish 
from any of the waters of Arkansas County, 
Monroe County or Desha County, for the sale 
or market purposes, by means of any seine, 
hoop-net, trammel-net, gill-net, lead-net, or 
by any other means to take or catch fish for 
sale or market purposes, out of any of the 
waters of said counties, except as hereinafter 
provided. 

Sec. 2. That any person who is a resident 
of the State of Arkansas, may, after having 
first obtained a license as .hereinafter pro- 
vided, take or catch buffalo fish, cat fish, drum 
fish and German carp, in the waters of said 
counties, for market purposes, with hoop-nets, 
lead-nets (which are hoop-nets with leads), 
and seines with meshes not less than four 
inches square, except during the spawning 
season ; provided, that no buffalo fish weigh- 
ing less than three pounds, and no cat fish 
weighing less than two pounds, shall be sold. 

Sec. 3. No seine-net, lead-net, trammel-net, 
or any other fishing device used under the 
provisions of this Act, shall be placed or con- 
structed as to prevent a free passage of fish 
ascending and descending said stream. 

Sec 4. Any person who is a resident of 
the State of Arkansas, desiring to fish in the 
waters of said county, for sale or market pur- 
poses with any seine, hoop-net, lead-net, shall 
apply to the county clerk, who shall, when 
such applicant has made the affidavit and paid 
the fees hereinafter prescribed, issue to such 
applicant a license, which license shall expire 
on the 31st of December following, and shall 
be issued for one year, or swell part of the 
year remaining after such license is issued. 

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Any person applying for license shall pay 
the following fees : For each seine, the sum 
of $25.00; for each fifteen or less number of 
hoop-nets without lead, the slum of $5.00, and 
$5.00 for each additional hoop-net without 
lead ; for every five hoop-nets with lead, the 
sum of $10.00, and $2.00 for each additional 
hoop-net with leads ; for each trammel-net, 
or gill-net, the sum of $50.00; and every such 
applicant shall make the following affidavit : 

State of Arkansas, 

County of , 

I , hereby 

make application to fish in 

County during the year 19...., and will use 

the following tackle : seines, 

hoop-nets with leads, 

hoop-nets without leads, and 

trammel-nets. And as a part of the consid- 
eration for obtaining a license, I hereby bind 
and obligate myself to obey all the laws of the 
State of Arkansas in reference to fishing, and 
especially the laws under which this affidavit 
is filed,- and I agree that I will report to the 
sheriff any person violating any of said laws. 

Subscribed and sworn to before me this 
day of 19.... 



County Clerk. 

Upon the filing of the above affidavit and 
payment of said license above-named, and the 
payment of $1.00 as a fee for issuing same, 
then the county clerk shall issue to said party 
a license in the following form : 

State of Arkansas, 

County of 

This is to certify that has 

this day filed in my office the affidavit required 

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under the provisions of this Act, applying for 

license to fish in the waters of 

County, and has paid into the county treasury 

the sum of dollars, same 

being the amount required by law for a license 

for. . seines, hoop-nets 

without leads hoop nets with leads 

trammel-nets. Now, the said 

is entitled to fish in the waters of 

County until the 31st day of December, 19. . . . 

County Clerk. 

Sec 5. The .county clerk shall keep a rec- 
ord of all such license, showing when issued, 
to whom issued, and the waters in which 
same shall be used. 

Sec. 6. That any person violating the pro- 
visions of this Act shall be deemed guilty of 
a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, 
shall be fined in any sum not less than $50.00 
nor more than $200.00, and shall in addition 
to such fine, forfeit his license, should he 
hold a license, and shall not be entitled to 
hold a license for a period of two years from 
such conviction. 

Sec. 7. That it shall be unlawful for any 
person to kill any fish in any of the waters in 
said county, with dynamite, or by any other 
explosives, or by any other means whatsoever. 

Sec. 8. That it shall be the duty of all 
persons fishing in any of the waters in said 
county, under the provisions of this Act, after 
taking out such fish as they are authorized 
to sell under the provisions hereof, to kill all 
gar fish, and immediately place back in the 
water all game fish (bass, trout, perch, crop- 
pie), and other fish under the size authorized 
to be sold under the provisions of this Act. 

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Sec 9. That any person found guilty of 
violating sections 7 or 8 of this Act, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 
conviction, shall be fined not less than $50.00 
nor more than $100.00, or be imprisoned in the 
county jail for a period of not less than thirty 
days nor more than three months, or by both 
such fine and imprisonment. 

Sec. 10. No license shall be issued by the 
clerk of any of the counties herein mentioned, 
authorizing fishing in the waters of any 
county, except such county of which he may 
be clerk. 

Sec. 11. That all laws and parts of laws in 
conflict herewith, be and the same are hereby 
repealed, and this Act shall take effect and 
be in force from and after its passage. 

Approved June 1, 191 1. 



ACT 448. 

AN ACT for the protection of game and fish 
in Desha Cauoty. To license and regulate 
hunting and trapping, and to prohibit the 
sale or transportation of game and fish out 
of said county and for other purposes. 

Section I. Declared unlawful to hunt or 
trap game in said county without license. 

Section 2. Manner of procuring license. 

Section 3. Minor children of Desha County 
residents who are licensees may hunt ; excep- 
tion. 

Section 4. Nonresident's fee for obtaining 
license to hunt. 

Section 5. Special license for hunting deer 
with dogs. 

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Section 6. Licenses not transferable. 

Section 7. Penalty for Lending or transfer- 
ring license. 

Section 8. Bag limit. 

Section 9. Trapping of animals named de- 
clared unlawful. 

Section 10. Trapping of other animals 
named herein unlawful, except by trapping 
license. 

Section 11. License fees separate account 
by treasurer. 

Section 12. County clerk's record of licenses 
issued. 

Section 13. Clerk to receive fee for issuing 
and registering licenses, from each applicant. 

Section 14. Penalty for violation of Act. 

Section 15. Unlawful for any person save 
owner to transport game out of county. 

Section 16. Appointment of game warden 
by county judge. Term of office, oath, bond 
and duties. 

Section 17. Disposition of licenses and 
•fines. Compensation of warden. 

Section 18. Destruction of traps used in 
violation of Act authorized by warden. 

Section 20. Contents of annual report of 
warden. 

Section 21. Unlawful to kill deer except in 
months named herein. 

Section 22. Citizens of said county hunting 
in another county must pay privilege fee to 
treasurer of that county. 

Section 23. Acts in conflict repealed. Act 
in effect from passage. Except as to licenses 
issued heretofore. 

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Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Section i. It is hereby declared unlawful 
for any person to kill or capture, or to hunt 
or pursue with intent to kill or capture, or to 
set, build, or maintain any kind of traps, pens 
or other devices whatsoever for the purpose 
and within intent to kill or capture, any deer, 
wild turkey, quail or squirrel, or any fur- 
bearing animal of any species in Desha 
County, except as hereinafter provided. 

Sec. 2. Any citizen of this State, who is 
a resident of Desha County, may procure a 
license authorizing him to hunt in said county 
by filing with the county clerk his affidavit, 
setting forth therein that he is a citizen of 
this State and a bona fide resident of said 
county and that he has paid his poll tax and 
is a duly qualified elector of said county. He 
shall also and at the same time file with the 
clerk the receipt of the county treasurer for 
the sum of one ($1.00) dollar, and thereupon 
it shall be the duty of the clerk to issue such 
applicant a license authorizing him to hunt 
and kill game in said county during the open 
season prescribed by law. Every such license 
shall expire and become void on the first day 
of May next after its date of issue. Pro- 
vided, that minors who are bona fide residents 
of said county, and persons who have become 
siuch residents since the time fixed by law for 
the last previous assessment of poll taxes,- 
shall not be required to make affidavit that 
they have paid a poll tax in said county. 

Sec. 3. The minor children of any resident 
of Desha County who has procured a license 
as hereinbefore provided, may lawfully hunt 
and kill any kind of game therein except deer. 

Sec. 4. Any nonresident of said county 
may obtain license to hunt therein by filing 

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with the county clerk his affidavit that he is a 
nonresident of said county, and giving his 
full name and permanent address therein, and 
also filing at the same time the receipt of the 
county treasurer for the sum of fifteen dollars. 

Sec. 5. The license hereinbefore specified 
for nonresidents shall not entitle the holder to 
hunt and chase or kill any deer with the aid 
of dogs. If the applicant for license intends 
or desires to use dogs in trailing or_ chasing 
deer he shall so state in his application, and 
in that event he shall pay twice the fee for 
such license as is hereinbefore specified, and 
the clerk shall state in the license that the 
licensee is authorized to hunt with dogs. 

Sec. 6. No license issued under this Act 
shall be transferable or authorize any person 
except the person named therein to hunt in 
said county. 

Sec. 7. If any person holding a license 
under this Act shall lend or otherwise trans- 
fer the same to any other person, such license 
shall thereby at once become void and any 
game warden of said county or of this State, 
or any peace officer of said county, may law- 
fully demand and take up said license and 
return the same to the county clerk, who 
shall immediately cancel the same and note 
such cancellation and the date thereof on the 
record thereof in his office. 

Sec. 8. No person shall kill more than 
three deer or more than five wild turkeys in 
said county during any one open season; pro- 
vided, that where hunting parties are com- 
posed of two or more persons, it shall be law- 
ful to kill any number of deer not exceeding 
a total of one for each member of such hunt- 
ing party. 

Sec. 9. It shall be unlawful to kill or cap- 
ture deer, wild turkeys or quail, by means of 

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pens, traps, nets or any similar devices at any 
season of the year in said county. 

Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful to kill or cap- 
ture by means of pens, traps, dead-falls, 
snares or any other or similar devices, any 
beaver, mink, otter, raccoon, opossum, or 
other fur-bearing animal, except rabbits, in 
said county, without first procuring a license 
as herein provided. Such license may be ob- 
tained in the same manner as the hunting 
licenses hereinbefore mentioned, except that 
the fees therefor shall be as follows : For a 
trapper's license, a nonresident of said county 
shall pay the sum of $35.00, and a resident of 
the county shall pay the sum of $2.50. Said 
fees shall be paid to the county treasurer, and 
his receipt therefor filed with the county clerk 
before the license is issued. All trapper's 
licenses shall become void on the first day of 
April next after the date of issue. 

Sec 11. The county treasurer shall keep 
a separate account of all fees for licenses re- 
ceived by him under this Act. 

Sec. 12. The county clerk shall keep a 
record of all licenses issued under this Act 
specifying therein the serial number, the date, 
the name and address of the person to whom 
issued, the kind of license and the amount 
paid into the treasury therefor. Books and 
blanks properly printed and ruled for the 
convenient keeping of these license records 
shall be supplieq! by the county court, and 
paid for by the county. 

Sec 13. In addition to the license fees 
herein specified, each nonresident applying for 
license to hunt or trap in said county shall 
pay 'to the county clerk a fee of twenty-five 
cents for issuing and registering the same, 
and each resident of said county shall pay 
the clerk a fee of twenty-five cents. 

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Sec. 14. Any person who shall be convicted 
of violating any of the provisions of this Act, 
unless otherwise herein provided, shall be 
punished by fine not less than one hundred 
($100.00) dollar?, nor more than three hun- 
dred ($300.00) dollars, and shall be impris- 
oned until such fine and the costs of prosecu- 
tion are paid. 

Sec. 15. It shall be unlawful to transport 
in any manner beyond the limits of Desha 
County, any deer or portion thereof, or any 
wild turkey, wild goose, wild duck, or squirrel, 
and any person or common carrier violating 
this section shall, on conviction, be fined not 
less than one hundred ($100.00) dollars, nor 
more than three hundred ($300.00) dollars. 
Provided, that any person may lawfully take 
and carry, or ship by a common carrier when 
the owner accompanies such shipment, any 
game lawfully killed in said county, to any 
place in this State, but not to any place out- 
side of this State. 

Sec. 16. The county judge of Desha County 
is hereby authorized to appoint a chief game 
warden, and one or more assistant game 
wardens for said county. Each game warden 
so appointed, shall hold his office for a term 
of two years, and until his successor is ap- 
pointed and qualified, and may be removed 
from office by the county judge at his discre- 
tion, with or without cause. Such game_ war- 
dens shall, before entering upon the duties of 
the office, take and subscribe the oath of 
office prescribed by law for other officers in 
this State, and also file in the office of the 
county clerk a bond in the sum of five thou- 
sand ($5,000.00) dollars, to be approved by 
the county judge, and conditioned for the 
faithful performance of all the duties of said 
office. When said oath and bond have been 
filed and approved, such game warden or 

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wardens may make arrests t for violations of 
this Act, or of any laws of this State relating 
to the protection of game or fish. They may 
have power to institute prosecutions before 
any justice of the peace of the county, without 
bond for any violation of this Act or of any 
law of this State for the protection of game 
or fish. They may also demand of and re- 
quire any person found hunting or trapping 
in said county to exhibit his license and to 
arrest any such hunter or trapper who shall, 
after demand, refuse to exhibit his license. In 
such cases the person so refusing shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on con- 
viction fined in any sum not less than five 
nor more than twenty-five dollars. Provided, 
that a conviction for refusing to exhibit license 
as herein provided, shall not be a bar to any 
prosecution or conviction for hunting or trap- 
ping unlawfully in said county. 

Sec. 17. One-half of all sums paid into the 
treasury of Desha County for hunting and 
trapping licenses and one-half of all fines col- 
lected in said county for violation of this 
Act, or of any other acts or law, for the pro- 
tection of fish or game, in force in said 
county, shall go into and -become a part of the 
general school fund of said county and the 
other half of such fees and 25 per cent of all 
fines shall constitute a special fund out of 
which shall be paid the compensation allowed 
to the game warden or wardens. The county 
court S'hall fix the compensation of the game 
warden at the time of his appointment, except 
that 25 per cent of all fines collected shall be 
paid to the game warden in addition to his 
salary, and the county court shall cause the 
same to be paid to him quarterly ; provided, 
that such compensation shall not exceed in 
the aggregate the amount of the special fund 
hereby created for that purpose. 



Sec. 18. Any game warden appointed .under 
this Act may lawfully seize or destroy any 
net, trap, pen or other device constructed, set 
up, maintained or used for the purpose of, or 
with the intent to take, kill, or capture any 
kind of game, fish or fur-bearing animals in 
violation of this Act, or of any other law of 
this State, and shall not be held liable therefor 
in any action for damages or to criminal 
prosecution in any court. 

Sec. 19. If any game warden has reason- 
able grounds to believe that any game, fish 
or fur-bearing animal, or the skin thereof, has 
been unlawfully killed or captured in said 
county, or is about to be, or is being unlaw- 
fully .transported beyond the limits thereof, 
he may seize the same and for that purpose 
may require the person or corporation in 
whose possession the same is found to open 
any car or building, and any covering or pack- 
age supposed to contain such game, fish or 
skins. In case of a seizure under this Act, 
if the person claiming such game, fish or 
skins shall exhibit to the warden a license 
authorizing him to kill or take such game, 
fish or skins in Desha County, then the same 
shall be released and delivered to him with- 
out costs and without delay. But if no such 
license shall be so exhibited, then it shall be 
the duty of the warden to sell said property 
so seized, at private sale and pay the proceeds 
to the county treasurer, taking duplicate re- 
ceipts therefor, one of which he shall file 
with the county clerk. Any funds so received 
by the treasurer shall be held, accounted for 
and disbursed in the same manner as the 
license fee and fines hereinbefore mentioned. 

Sec. 20. The chief game warden shall an- 
nually, on the first day of the July term of the 
county court of said county, file in said court 
a complete and detailed report of his official 

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acts for the year ending on the 30th day of 
June, next preceding. In such report he shall 
specify the cause of all arrests made and 
prosecutions begun by him ; the names of the 
parties, date of trial, before whom tried and 
the result. He shall also give an account of 
the numbers, kinds and value of all seizures 
and sales made by him, the amount received 
from sales and the disposition thereof. He 
shall also state the number, kind and value 
of all nets, traps, and other unlawful devices 
seized and destroyed by him during the year 
and the names of the owners, if known, and 
whether or not they were prosecuted, and the 
result of such prosecution. He shall also re- 
port the number and kinds of licenses for 
hunting and trapping, and the number and 
the amount of license fees received, and of 
fines imposed and collected for violations of 
this Act, or of any other act for the protec- 
tion of game or fish in force in said county. 

Sec. 21. It shall be unlawful to kill any 
deer of any kind in Desha County, except 
during the months of OctoDer, November and 
December. 

Sec. 22. It shall be unlawful for any citizen 
of Desha County to hunt in any other county 
in this State without first paying the treasurer 
of such county the sum of $15.00 for such priv- 
ilege, and for the violation of the provisions 
of this section, he shall be subject to the pen- 
alties prescribed in section 14 of this Act. 

Sec. 23. All acts and parts of acts in con- 
flict with this Act are hereby repealed, and 
this Act shall take effect and be in force from 
and after its passage, except that all licenses 
that have been issued prior to the passage of 
this Act, shall remain in force until Decem- 
ber 31, 1911. 

Approved June 2, 1911. 

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ACT 471. 

AN ACT to protect the game in Jefferson 
County, to make it unlawful to hunt in 
said county without first having obtained a 
license to do so, and fixing the penalty for 
each violation. 

Be It Enacted by the General Assembly of 
the State of Arkansas: 

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of 
Arkansas: 

SEC 1. It shall be unlawful for any person 
to hunt, shoot, trap or kill any quail, duck, 
turkey, deer or any other game, bird or ani- 
mal whatever in Jefferson County, in the 
State of Arkansas, without first having secured 
a license from the county court authorizing 
such person to exercise such privilege. 

Sec. 2. Any person desiring to secure the 
privilege of hunting in said county shall file 
with the clerk of the county court his petition 
stating his name, age, residence and occupa- 
tion, whether he is white or colored, and that 
his general reputation where he resides, for 
honesty and integrity is good, and praying that 
a license be granted him to hunt in said 
county, which petition shall be accompanied 
by the affidavits of at least two creditable cit- 
izens of said county to the effect that they 
know the petitioner to be a man of recog- 
nized honesty and integrity where he resides. 
At the time of filing said petition the appli- 
cant shall pay to the county clerk for his 
services in filing said petition and recording 
the necessary orders thereon the sum of 
fifty (50) cents. 

Sec. 3. If upon a hearing of said petition, 
the county court finds that the applicant bears 
a good reputation where he resides for hon- 

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esty and integrity, it shall grant said petition, 
and shall make an order directing the county 
clerk to issue to the applicant a license which 
shall entitle him to hunt in said county until 
the 31st day of December, of the year for 
which same is issued ; but in no event shall 
the clerk issue said license until the applicant 
shall have paid to the county treasurer for 
said privilege the sum of fifty cents, which 
shall be credited to the county general school 
fund, and shall have paid to the county clerk 
for issuing and keeping a record of said 
license the sum of fifty (50) cents. In case 
that the county court finds that the applicant 
bears a bad reputation where he is known for 
honesty and integrity, it shall refuse to grant 
said petition for license, and shall accordingly 
make and have spread upon the records an 
order to that effect. 

Sec 4. Each citizen of said county, who 
has procured a license under this Act may 
invite not more than three nonresidents of 
said county at any one time during the Hie 
of such license to hunt with him or other 
citizens in said county and upon filing or 
registering with the county clerk of said 
county, his name, color, age residence and 
occupation, by whom and for what length of 
time invited to hunt, for filing and keeping a 
record, of. which he shall pay to the county 
clerk of said county the sum of fifty (50) 
cents, said nonresident shall be permitted to 
hunt in said county during said time so ' in- 
vited without having to procure a license. 

Sec 5. Said license herein provided for 
shall be in the following form : 

No 

This is to certify that 

(white or colored) years of age, 

who resides at , County 

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of , State of , 

and is a 

has this day, by the order 

of the county court of Jefferson County been 
granted a license which entitles him to the 
privileges of hunting from this date until the 
31st day of December, 19.... 

This the day of , 

19.... 

(Seal.) 

County Clerk. 

Sec. 6. The clerk of said county shall pro- 
vide a record book with duplicate stubs, with 
index, in which he shall keep a record of all 
license issued, noting upon the license and 
stubs to whom issued, and the duration 
thereof and ihe shall keep a correct alphabet- 
ical index of all licenses, and shall keep same 
open to the inspection of all officers and citi- 
zens of said county at convenient hours. He 
shall also keep a record of all nonresidents, 
who are invited to hunt in said county, and 
by whom invited. 

Sec 7. Any person found hunting within 
the limits of Jefferson County without a 
license, or without having been invited so to 
do as herein provided in section 4, shall be 
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon 
conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum 
not less than ten ($10.00) dollars nor more 
than fifty ($50.00) dollars and no bond shall 
be required in prosecution under this Act ; 
provided-, this Act shall not apply to any one 
bunting upon his own premises, or upon the 
premises of another by the owner's permis- 
sion. 

Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect and be in 
force from and after January 1, 1912. 

Approved June 2, 1911. 



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